Overboot



Dec. 11, 1923, 1,476,826

F. H. MARTBN OVERBOOT Filed April 8, 1922 Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

UNITED STATES b 1,476,sz6 PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. MARTIN, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGN'OR TO THE B. F. GOODICH COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OVERBOGT.

Application filed April 8, 1922, Serial No. 550,633.

To all whom it may concem.:

Be it known that LIFREDERICK H. MARTIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Overboot, of Which the following is a s ecification.

his invention relates to the construction of ,footWear, particularly of that type havifl ing a waterproof foot and an upper of cloth or rubberized cloth, although other materials can be used.

My object is to provide an iinproved overboot or shoe adapted to take the place of 15 galoshes, and so constructed as to be readily applied and removed, but dispensing with the usual flap quarters and fastenings.

Of the accompanying drawings', iFig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing an over-bootvconstructed according to my invention.

F ig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the top of the boot, with the cuff flap unfastened.

In .the drawings, is the foot-portion of the boot, constructed like an ordinary overshoe with a rubber sole and facing, and 11 is the top or leg portion integrally joined to the foot and constructed of the ordinary materials used for galoshes, such as cloth frictioned on the inner side With rubber and joined to a rubber-frictioned lining, to-

ether With the usual internal stays, extra ining pieces, ete., which it is not important to show.

At the upper end of the leg is a cuf 12 normally folded down over the outside and having a flap 13 at one end adapted to underlap the other end of the cuff, the respec-` tive ends being rovided with the members 14, 15 of an ordinary snap-fastener for securing them together in either the foldeddown position shown in full lines, or the upturned position shown in broken lines in t a point underlying the cuif-flap 13 the boot-leg is vertically cleft or divided in a vent or V 16 to permit the temporary enlargement of its mouth andv facilitate'the application and removal of the boot, and the edges of this cleft are connected with a small bellows tongue or pocket 17 to maintain a continuous wall and closure back of the cleft. The cufi-fastening and the vent are desirably located at the side of the boot-leg as shown, although their position might bo varied.

This boot is preferably Worn as a rotection over an ordinary leather shoe. n applying or removing it, the ends of the cutf 12 are unfastened as shown in Fig. 2, so that the vent 16 may open and enlarge the mouth. When the boot is in place, the flap 13 may be fastened under the other cuffend With the cufi' turned down, or the cufi' may be turned up as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1, and the flap then secured over the other end with the snap-fastener, in which latter case, particularly if the cuff is faced with some soft or flnfy material, considerabie extra warmth and protection are secured. V.

It Will thus be seen that my invention provides an vover-boot to take the place of galoshes, dispensing with the usual troublesome fastenings and presenting a neater appearance. The details of construction may be variously' modified.

I claim:

1. A boot having foot and leg portions, a cutf at the top of the leg portion adapted to be turned downward against the leg portion or upward therefrom, and means for detachably connecting the ends of said cuif in either a folded-down or an upturned position.

2. A boot having foot and leg portions, a turn-down cufi' at the to of the leg portion having lapped ends, an means for detachably fastening said ends together.

3. A boot having foot and leg portions, a cufi` at the top of the leg portion adapted to be turned downward against the leg portion or upward therefrom, said cuff having an end flap portion adapted to underlie the other end portion of the cuff in the foldeddown -position of the latter and to overlie it in the up-turned position, and a snapfastener for detachably connecting said end portions of the cuf.

4. A boot having a foot portion, a leg portion unbroken except for a cleft at its upper end, and acufl' aving end portions having substantially the same vertical dimension as said cleft and positioned adjacent said cleft.

5. A boot having foot and leg portions, said leg portion provided with a cleft at its upper end, a bellows tongue connecting the edges of said cleft, and a cufl whose ends have substantially the same vertical dimension as said cleft and are adapted to overiie one -anothei` adjacent said cleft.

6. A boot having a foot portion, a leg por- 5 tion formed With a cleft at its upper end, a cuflf adapted to be turned downward against the leg portion or upward therefrom, said cufir terminating at one end substantially at one edge of said cleft and having a flap at its other end adapted to overlie said cleft 10 in the down-turned position of the cnfl, and means for detachablyl connecting the cruif ends in lapped relation.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of April, 1922.

FREDERICK H. MARTIN. 

